@fastify/busboy vulnerable to CRLF injection via multipart Content-Disposition filename and name
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
@fastify/busboy is a multipart form-data parser for Node.js. Its multipart part-header parser splits header lines only on the two-byte carriage-return line-feed sequence, so a lone carriage return or line feed embedded in a part header is not treated as a line break and is carried verbatim into the parsed Content-Disposition filename and field name handed to the application. An attacker who uploads a file whose filename or field name contains a bare carriage return or line feed can inject control characters into consumers that trust the parser to return clean values, enabling filesystem filename pollution, log forging, or header injection when the value is forwarded to a carriage-return-sensitive sink. All versions of @fastify/busboy up to and including 3.2.1 are affected. The issue is fixed in version 3.2.2, which rejects any header line that still contains a bare carriage return or line feed. Users should upgrade to 3.2.2, and consumers such as @fastify/multipart should bump their @fastify/busboy dependency to pull in the fix.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fastify | @fastify/busboy | before 3.2.2 | 3.2.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | @fastify/busboy (npm) | before 3.2.2 | 3.2.2 | Patch available | GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9 |
- @fastify/busboy Vendorfastify Affected before 3.2.2 Fixed in 3.2.2 Patch available CNA
- @fastify/busboy (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.2.2 Fixed in 3.2.2 Patch available GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9
Remediation
- Fix · CNA @fastify/busboy (@fastify/busboy) Fixed in 3.2.2
- Fix · GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9 @fastify/busboy (npm) Fixed in 3.2.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74866
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9
- 2026-10-06 Fix available: npm/@fastify/[email protected] · GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9
- 2026-10-06 CVSS score added · GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9
- 2026-10-06 Weakness changed · GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9
- 2026-10-06 6 new references · GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9
References
Advisory 3
More Fastify/busyboy vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-15867 @fastify/busboy vulnerable to Denial of Service via oversized multipart boundary CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-15865 @fastify/busboy vulnerable to Denial of Service via prototype-named multipart part header CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-74866 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74866 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gxm5-99cw-xjw9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74866 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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